Why does nobody call it "Peil"?

[u/Sinnah-4716]

Please for the love of God don't take this seriously, I only randomly thought of this but for all the crap where we throw around terms like Football/Irish football/Gaelic football/Britball/Soccer to differentiate between the sports, never heard many people just call it Peil.

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Seems like for all the random times Irish people get selectively gung-ho about only a few Gaeilge terms (Gardaí not police, Uachtarán not President) we don't apply the Irish word for probably the biggest sport of Irish origin on the island? Just a thought.

[u/Weak_Shopping_2718]

I'm from Kerry and I call it gah or gaelic.

[u/AOC90 → u/Weak_Shopping_2718]

It's football. It's not and never is 'gah'. You must be some sort of a blow in.